17th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry: Sesquicentenary Posts

This blog chronicles the life of the 17th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War on the 150th aniversary of their service. Follow these volunteers through several major battles while experiencing both the pace and duration of the conflict. The posts may be read chronologically by accessing the archives and selecting them individually, beginning with the Preface.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Push Toward Missionary Ridge

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Note:   The events that follow are but a portion of the Battle for Chattanooga which occurred primarily from November 20 -30 in 1863.  Altho...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Breaking the Siege

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View from Lookout Mountain toward Missionary Ridge.  Bragg's Headquarters during the Siege of Chattanooga was near the gap in the cent...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Siege of Chattanooga

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There were times of short rations but in general the amount of food was adequate.  The only time the Seventeenth suffered a real shortage of...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Chickamauga, The Report of Col. Stout, 17th Ky. Vol. Inf.

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Courtesy of  Ohio State's eHistory Online Official Records Extract, Volume XXX Part 1, Chapter XLII, pages 815 - 817 Number...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Retreat to Chattanooga, Sept. 21 - 22, 1863

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The Federals never intended to make Rossville a permanent defensive position because it was too easily outflanked from the north or west.  B...
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